{"id":85767,"date":"2026-08-25T10:49:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T14:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=85767"},"modified":"2026-08-25T10:49:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T14:49:29","slug":"elizabeths-corner-this-fleeting-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/elizabeths-corner-this-fleeting-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabeth&#8217;s Corner: This Fleeting Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">(Inspired by St. Rose of Lima)<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>By Elizabeth Grace, @divinacatholicpoetry<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In this fleeting life<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This ephemeral illusion<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">What is this face?<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In this deceitful world<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Full of seductive lies<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">What is this body?<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Beauty and pleasure<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Are of no interest to me<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Let them leave me<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Better I suffer with joy, Lord<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Than give way to the gilded world<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">That would swallow me whole<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In my silent pain<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In my secret anguish<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">I felt Your hand on mine<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Let me forsake the world, Lord<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Let me choose You<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Let my body cry and wither<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">And my soul flourish<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In You<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTbDUARH36zcOOEz4LO5hvZx_qzbwTd_upBAJIGhs_K1Q&amp;s=10\" alt=\"Rose of Lima - Wikipedia\" width=\"182\" height=\"275\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Inspired by St. Rose of Lima) By Elizabeth Grace, @divinacatholicpoetry In this fleeting life This ephemeral illusion What is this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-85767","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85767"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85768,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85767\/revisions\/85768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}